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Show ' I PL 1-4 Bill I Lj I ti ; Jury Returns Verdict Against All Indicted Union j Labor Officials, Except Two, for Complicity m McNamara Dynamite Plots, Includ- Iing Wrecking of Times Building. r PRESIDENT RYAN BUMPED US PERJURER Jurors Sustain Charges That Nearly All Executive Officials Aided in Nation-Wide Plans for Destroying De-stroying Non-Union Property Pitiful Scenes in the Court Room. k Indianapolis, Dec 28. Thlrty-M Thlrty-M eight labor union officials toda were f found guilt) of complicity in the Mc-3i Mc-3i Nninara djnamitc plots, including tho "gi wrecking of the Los Angeles Times H building Frank M. Rjdn, piesidcnt HI of the International Association of ' Bridgo and Structural Iron Workers v was among those convicted He, with others, was accused of using the un-B un-B ion's funds to destro the property of m contractors who refused to cogs' cog-s' nizo the union B Two defendants were found not B guilt. I Found Guilty. ', Tlie following wero found guilt Frank M Rau, president of the Intel national Association of Bridge and structural Iron Workers John T Butlci, Buffalo, vice pies-, pies-, IdenL I VI ;e President Herbert S Hockin, ' former secretary, or Detroit. O. A Tcltmoc, of San Francisco, sccrctaiv "or the California Building Trades council Eugene A Cl.ino, San rranclseo Phillip A. Coolcy New Orleans Michael J. Young, Boston Frank K Higglns, Boston J E Munsev, Salt Lake City. Frank C Webb. New- York ' Patrick r Farrell, Ts'evv Yoik. John H Baro, St Louis Paul J. Morrin. St Louis Henry W Legleitner, Denver ' Charles Is Beum, Minneapolis. William E Reddln, Milwnukee Michael J Cuunane, Philadelphia. Richard H. Houlihan, Chicago James Cooney, Chicago James A Coughlin, Chicago William Shupe. Chicago Edward Smthe. Peoria, 11 Times E Ray, Peonn, 111 c Cayl, Pennell. Springneld. Ill William C. Bernhardt, Cincinnati Wilfred Bert Brown, KansaB Uty, MWiiliam J McCain. Kansas City. Mo Frank K Pilnlcr, Omaha Peter J. Smith. Cleveland f George Andeisou, Cleveland i Michael I. Hannon Scranton Pa Edward E Phillips, Syracuse N. Pharles Wachtmelster. Detroit Sfj. Murphy DclrolL Fred J. Mooney, Duluth Frncst G. W Basey, lnd auapolls t Fied Sherman. Indianapolis l ;,,,i) Kline. Munclc, lnd , for- The following weie found not j guilt c, iffcrt. Milwaukee SeniT5uckIev"DSenport. Iowa ?fl Ibos adjudged gniH "ere i All those i j coiintb as ' f?UD' fin he indictments The ,ur charged in tnc mu adjouincd ' fntTn oanDddaC.at which time unt" Ic 1 11 be imposed , r scnisuu-- A derson hau cieareu After Judge sectators and i th reTof tho defendant,, the iW stho famlH r lU0 crc taken in hlrt,;eight prisoner g custody hDepuij d lccthcs and Marshalls and specu counly Kfere taken to tne . W' wfert and Buckley Discharged. Selffert ana he on,y tTl0 L selffert an Bu0ceVaboi union of- AK men out ' l!j3judBcd not gulltj, lm-fi lm-fi mercharged from cu,- f ! "ft. con.ict.on of Olaf A Tuyo I" and Eugene J R Lake clly, I J co and J B Munst ,s QS J Bustalned the boe heLojjAl. 3 that the .'L ,, tthlch 21 person3 f I gcies explosion, " he egcllJ)0 I J of James " . crn,e f l oin the scene oMbe crin B ,ls Trzl that the McNamira I Cd the charge tua California brothers no in Priso.de I ere aided l In t he excculUo offl I nlUe Plots b "JJ0ttorKira. ,uiion and I clals of the rn . calllcd on the I mat they b, musing cxplo consplrac for e ortcd on ims3CDgCr I fiives to c vof Ltbr H-ancisco was TeItmoe ot ban , w0 Viarged with not on i iho Log LZ" l0 ?nS,al3t, buMd.nB. but also .with the Pacific coast He is sccrelar of the California Building Tiades coun cil, an editor and a recognired leadei in labor circles on the coast Hockin a Betrayer. Also among those found guilt is Herbert S Hockin, called the "lago of the conspirac,' beuniBe he was charg td with first initiating Ortle E Mc Manigal as a hired dnamltcr and then with betraing all the dnamiters to promote his own ambition It was he who once secrotar of the Intei national union, whispered Into the ear of Detccthe Bums the names of the Los Angeles Times dnamiters Ryan Branded as Perjurer Frank M Ran piesident of lh" iron workeis also was comlcled. be Ing branded b the court as a pcrjur er, after he had denied that McNam i ra was drawing $1,000 a month to pa for dnamiting8 An almost tiagic scene took place In the court room in the few minutes following the end of the trial AsTJTil ted Stales Maislnl Edward Schmidt ordered the prisoners, one b one, to step before the couit. the hes of a score of the men leaned pltifull oer the railings calling for their bus bands Tragic Scenes Mrs Frank J Hlggins of Boston leaned far oei the railing and col lapsed Shq had been crlng hBter icail Another disposition was shown b Mrs John II Barr of St Louis With a smile she threw her aims about her husband, begging blm to hie cour age "Be of good cheei, John," she snid "you cannot expect a seere punish ment As soon as his nime wafa called Frank K Painter of Omaha pulled i stickpin out of his necktie and his purse out of his pocket ind handed Ihcm to one of his attornes James F Loono, one of the Chicago prlsoneis sat with outward calm read lug a newspaper while tho crdicts were being road and thiow down tlu paper onl when his name w.vs called to sten before the court Possible Punlshmentc Possible punishments ar from an minimum lo a maximum of thlrU nine and one half euis In the discretion of the court Each prisoner ns found guiIU stands cotnlcted of hulng in one instance joined a conspirac lo commit an offonse against the United Stateb gocrnraent, thin boint, punish able b two eirs' Imprisonment nr a tints of $10,000, or both Each prls onei also is found guilt of 25 charges of illegal transportation of exploshos on Interstate passcngei trains oach of fense being punishable b an linpilj oument of IS month3 or a $2 000 flue or both Sentenced by Degree oi Guilt While the cumulathe posbible pun ishmeuls are 39 1 2 ears the court intimated In the course of the trial he would Impose bentences In relation to tho degree of guilt .U the oerl icts were chaiged us being i elated to the series of dnamlte and nltro glycerin explosions includ Ing those on Iho Pacific coast as well as those in Nc England, which wero directed against "open shop' sttcl contractors, when a strike was culled of the union workers In 1105 Aftei the receive their sentences tho pnsoncis aie to bp laken to a federal ponltcntlary. probabl at At l.inta A special train probably will bo taken for the trip Jurors Worn and Pale The jui had been out slnco Thurs da at 5 p m At that time the jui ofs entered Albert B Anderson's court room, passed before the -10 men on trial and Indicating tho Imporiance of whit the were about to reveal onl, by Intcnscl pale faces, sat down "Gontlomen of tho jury. tuMo ou agreed upon verdicts'' asked Judge Anderson "We have." said tho foreman, rising ris-ing fiom his scat His "voice v.as like a whisper, but It echoed throughout the court room The sobbing of women was heard from that pait of the room wherju the wives of the defendants sat A bundle of papers was passed from tho jur bo lo Cleik Xobel C Butler Ou theso wero wrilteu liberty or imprisonment impris-onment for the accused Eerbody lomaln seated," demanded de-manded the United Slates marshal Silence wns restored except for the rustllnq of the papeis wnleh Clerk I Butler tremblingly held in his bandj and which ho proceeded to read The first namo was Ran Clei't Bailor pronounced It ai.d cleared hit. throat Ryan Found Guiuy Giilll, he said Wo find tho de fendaut Ran cjiilltj u& charged n the Indictment The spectators looked it Rvan. a grav-hilred man of 57 cais and who looked older a man who traveled for the union so much that he had no home and except lor two rown sons, had no Tamil. "I havo a furnished room In Chicago, Chi-cago, wis his oft ropeatcd description of home Gentlemen of tho Jur is that your veidicf The answer anic from each Juror It Is' Names Given One By One Then began the further reading of tho brief message which pronounced one b one the fate of the other defendants de-fendants The men were not charged actual-1 actual-1 with causing explosions The on h charges under which the could be piobecuted by tho federal government govern-ment were conspirac and Illegal transpoitntlon of explosives But the court ruled that evidence as to ioI-ence ioI-ence was competent as showing a moluc I .im not rcadv lo believe thtl organized or-ganized labor et stands for the things that have been shown here, was one of Judge Anderson s statements lo the Jur 1 his Is not a irlil of la bor unions, but of which officials accused ac-cused of wrong doing Thirty Families Broken Up About thirt wives with almost as man children are separated from their husbands bv the oi diets While the scene was being enacted in the court room, the 4-v oar-old son of William C Bernhardt, Cincinnati, one of the defendants, was plaung In ihc lobb with a led painted to engine, which he had received Christmas lie had become the pet of the federal building and could not understand when told his father was 'going awav Almost the entne staff of executive execu-tive officials of the Iron Workers' nniftn was convicted The onlv of ficials not on trial weio I E Mc-CIoiv, Mc-CIoiv, Cleveland now secretai and Ed Lewis San Francisco a member of the executive hoaid No Other Verdict Expected Charles W Miller, tho United States dlstilct attorney who piosccutcd for -tho gov eminent,- said 'Nothing clso could have been c peeled Tho ovidenco of a nation wide ronsplrac which began in local lo-cal sluggings and assaults on nonunion non-union workers and grew because local lo-cal authorities failed to prosecute, became be-came finalU bo bold thai dnamite was resorted to The d.vnamlters grew bold in violating vio-lating the federal laws in can Ing these dead! explosives on passenger Ir.tins because ihe never dreamed of prosecution That wa what emboldened Mc-NT Mc-NT imara tho seci ctarv of the union, to get an appiopriatlon of $1,000 a month so that the woik of destruction destruc-tion might bo carried on sstematIc-alh sstematIc-alh It was what made him bold enough to send his brothter, James X McNamara to blow up not onlv the Los Angeles Times building but also to plot to blow up the whole clt of Los Angeles Prosecution Benefit to Labor "This prosecution will bo a benefit bene-fit to organized labor It will purge it of the rough Uctlcs The whole United States owes a debt of grail tude to lhat Jim ' The foreman of the jun was Trank Dare, New Lisbon, inn a iuhhju farmer All tho other jurors were farmers or eountrv merchants Great Crowds Block Streets immense crowds assembled in the otreets about the fedeial building when the ei diets were being ic turned and v.en the pnsonors wero brought out each handcuffed between two deputies the btreel became so clogged thai the police had to foico tho p"oplo back As the cmeigcd handcuffed on me ton st"Ps or the building with grax hanod Fiank Rvan his faco seamed with care In then lead, the group of pnsoncis stood between two colossal marb'o statues ropiesentlng liberty and justice The scene was bithed In ,;i golden winter sunlight Tho crovds looked up but were silent Silent March to Jail Silence too attended the pnson orsas in a file almost half a block lonf' the marched linked to their keepers toward the Mai Ion count jail People lookod fiom upper paitH of buildings from the windows of sleet cars and from sidewalks, but there was no demonstration For flw blocks tho prisoners marched thiough the streets to reach tho jail In tho southeastern section of tho run onh request bv eountol tor Iho defense aftei the verdicts weie ronorted. was bv W I larding who asked thai the jur be polled The judge lepllcd that It would tale too much time to poll each inroi on each count against each defendant and tho i m.attci was passed Motions of Defense Monday Any molions l the deronsu will be made Mondav morning when son- tencos an to bo luipoted William A Gra Philadelphia counsel for Michael I Cunnane said no attempt to ,ol bill would be made toda as ho believed It would be useless He said, howevoi that an appeal on a writ' of cnor would be made Mondav and that bail, ponding tho hearing of tho ippcal would bu requested Jurors' Report. in the report of the Jim as hand- uil Jn bv Foicman Dire tho names of Ch trios Wnchtmoister and Frank I Mu.rphv, or Dttiolt and Hi nun R Klfne of Munclc lnd weie wrllUn .on the maigin of the sheet of paper I qhd the court requested an explana tion Foreman Dare said the names were written in the margin merel because the was not enough room at the bottom of tho sheet and that the were included In the list of guilt 'If ever an of ou Juiors arc drawn for jui dulv again in tills court all vou will have lo do will be lo I ell niu th.tt ou served in this trial and on will be excused.' said ludgo Anderson in dischaiging the jur "1 want to express publlcl tho thanks due jou from the couiraunitv for our faithfulness to duty You have been cut off hero fdr three months from our fumllv and your fiiends and not one word of complaint has been beard from anv of jou' Court Adjourns Wbou the Jur had left tho room ' ludgc Andeison ordeicd court ad-I jouincd until 10 o clock Mond.it morning Daniel Buckle of Davenport low a did not hesitate when tho judge announced an-nounced his discharge He passed in front of the others and hla face showed he did not know whether to lauh oi civ Hc man Selffert of Milwaukee waited until his uame was called b Mai&hal Schmidt j Wives May Visit Them After about half or the prisoners had been led aw a Marshal Schmidt brought smiles to Ihc faces of those who lemained In announcing that the wives of tho prisoners would be permitted to visit them tomorrow in jail He asked that the word be parsed to tho prisoners who alreaJ liad been lead aw a Kline foimerl an oigankcr for the carpenters union in Detroit, and Tveltmoo secretary of the California building trades council, aie the onl men convicted who were not mem 'hers of the lion Workers' union Referring Re-ferring to Cline. who was then on the stand in his own behalf Judfee Andeisou said 'His connection with the conspiracy 'was as white as the driven snow as compared with that of some of the olhcis Tvcltmoe, Clanc and Munsev did nol testif In theii own behalf Tveit-moe Tveit-moe often was refeired to bv the dis trlct attornov as tho "pa master of the Pacific coast, and was dlrectlv charged with furnishing aid to Daxld Caplnn and M A Schmidt, Indicted on murder chaiges as accomplices of James B McNamara. and as having gotten Mrs Caplan out of California, so 3he could not be used m prosecutions prose-cutions there Tvcltmoe twilled his hat on his cane as he waited his turn to bo led away lo jail He smiled ns he march cd up to "Marshal Schmidt and tvas placed in charge or a clt detective Ran looked neither to tho right nor to the left as he came forward "On the Job," responded Edward Smtthte of Peoria, 111. when he was asked to step forward and his florid round face was wreathed in smiles J E Munsox, alias "Jack" Bright, of Salt Lake Citt walked oul of the court room with a cigarette U his mouth Tho prisoners were held in line in tho corridors, which had been cleared and each handcuffed to a detective Deput Marshal Schmidt leading them down tho street Thev were placed in the section of the Jail re served for charges of the federal government, gov-ernment, which is on the second floor of the building on the south side Attorneys Surprised Ii was a great surprise to us. said Attorney Harding for Ihe de-lense de-lense 'Wc struggled through this long trial In the presumption that all of the men were innocent There were more thau a dozen or us altor nes We talked to each derendant separatel From wiiat tnov ioiu us thev weie innocent 'Ihe declared again 3nd again there wero no con nections between lliem and MaN.uu araB damnable dnamitings 'What motions as to apppjl" we In tend to make will be made Mondav The couit Is hound to reiogni7c our appeals to United Stales court of ap peals and gho bonds pending the ap peal, but tho bonds may be so high we ennnot furnish them In that cusc the will hnve to remain in Jail ' Will Plead Guilty Ortio E McManlgal the confessed dvnimtter who became the chief wit ness for the government naming uuineiojs men is hating assisted him in causing explosions, and Edward Clark, Cincinnati will plead guilt al tho oponincr of the trial here, leinaln to bo disposed of Clark probabl will be sentenced with the otheis.on Mondav He confessed to bloving up i bridge at Davton Ohio McManlgal has been In custody of a depntt maislml of Los Angeles counU. Cal ns a loan lo the federal prosecution He piobibh will not be sentenced here at this lime but will be returned lo Los Angeles lountv, there to await scnteiuo on his plea of burning up an Iron works Eight Dismissed ( SIuco the trial begin on Octobei 1 eight defendants had been dismissed on the gimuid thut no cases existed agalnbl them U the opening of the. trial those dlsclmged weie Patrick Kv.an. Chicago losoph Pae Peoila and lames W Kavanauji, Spring-Held Spring-Held III On Decenibei 2 when tho government govern-ment rested its case tho following were discharged John It Carroll Svrncuse V Y . Moultou H Divis Wostchcslei Pa Willi im E Benson, Detiolt and Spurgeon P Meadows Indianapolis On December 7 Claicnce D Dowd formorl of Rochestei, was discharged |